Josué 9:16

16 Tres días después de haber concluido el tratado con los gabaonitas, los israelitas se enteraron de que eran sus vecinos y vivían en las cercanías.

Josué 9:16 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 9:16

And it came to pass at the end of three days, after they had
made a league with them
The league seems to have been made the same day they came; the Gibeonites were no doubt in haste to have it concluded, lest they should be discovered; and Joshua, and the princes of Israel, took no pains, and gave themselves no great trouble to inquire about them, but made peace with them at once; and it was but three days after, or within three days of its being made,

that they heard that they [were] their neighbours, and [that] they
dwelt among them;
that is, in their neighbourhood, as the Arabic version; and so Noldius ^F18 renders the words, "and that they dwelt near them"; for the Gibeonites did not dwell among the Israelites, or in the midst of them, but near the place where they were; and this they understood either by some deserters that came to the camp of Israel, or by some of the Israelites who were sent to reconnoitre several parts of the country, especially such as lay nearest, or for the sake of getting provisions for their camp.

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 Concord. Ebr. Part. p. 211. No. 932.

Josué 9:16 In-Context

14 Los hombres de Israel participaron de las provisiones de los gabaonitas, pero no consultaron al SEÑOR.

15 Entonces Josué hizo con ellos un tratado de ayuda mutua y se comprometió a perdonarles la vida. Y los jefes israelitas ratificaron el tratado.

16 Tres días después de haber concluido el tratado con los gabaonitas, los israelitas se enteraron de que eran sus vecinos y vivían en las cercanías.

17 Por eso se pusieron en marcha, y al tercer día llegaron a sus ciudades: Gabaón, Cafira, Berot y Quiriat Yearín.

18 Pero los israelitas no los atacaron porque los jefes de la comunidad les habían jurado en nombre del SEÑOR, Dios de Israel, perdonarles la vida. Y aunque toda la comunidad se quejó contra sus jefes,